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• NCR World/Mark 4800/5200 and 4850/5250 Product Guide, Release 1.4
• NCR World/Mark 4800/5200 and 4850/5250 Server Support Log
• NCR World/Mark 4800/5200 and 4850/5250 Site Preparation Guide, Release 1.4
• NCR WorldMark 4800/5200 and 4850/5250 Administration Workstation User Guide
• NCR WorldMark 5250 System Configurations
• NCR WorldMark 5250 Server PDF

The NCR WorldMark 5250 server and NCR Teradata offer a completely integrated active warehousing solution with optimized system performance.

NCR's WorldMark 5250 Server is a Large-Scale MPP Teradata @ctive Warehouse^TM

The NCR WorldMark 5250 server offers the highest performing MPP server ever to be released in a large-scale Teradata Active Warehouse. Systems accommodate future business growth by expanding incrementally from two to 512 nodes, offering unparalleled scalability and investment protection.

Scalability, Higher Performance, Guaranteed Response = All from the NCR WorldMark 5250 Server

In today's fast-paced, ever-changing, competitiveenvironment, your active data warehouse must support higher performance, availability to guarantee response, and scalability to accommodate business growth. Only the new NCR WorldMark 5250 server meets these needs to become the most dependable, highest performing, massively parallel processing (MPP) server ever to be released in a NCR Teradata Warehouse.

NCR WorldMark 5250 Server is Designed for Large-scale Data Warehousing

Designed specifically for large-scale data warehousing, these servers offer a new baseline in speed and performance surpassing all previous standards for applications scaling from 400 Gigabytes to and in excess of 100 Terabytes. The NCR WorldMark 5250 server features industry-leading Intel technology with NCR value-added components, such as NCR's proven BYNET® interconnect technology that enables the world's fastest complex queries and offers true, linear performance scalability. This combination ensures the consistent dependability required for collection, storage and analysis of critical business data.

The NCR WorldMark 5250 systems adapts and changes along with your business

Unparalleled in its scalability, the system accommodates for future growth of your business by expanding incrementally from two to 512 nodes. Backed by award winning professional services, support, and the strength of NCR's demonstrated data warehousing expertise, the NCR WorldMark 5250 system offers the solid foundation you need to protect your data and your investment, securing the growth needed for leadership in today's business environments.

NCR WorldMark 5250 System Architecture

About the WorldMark 5250 Platform

The NCR WorldMark 4800/5200 and 4850/5250 products are Massively Parallel Processing (MPP) platforms for Teradata Warehouse applications. The platform offers two levels of scalability:

• The WorldMark 4800 and 4850 series systems are designed for data warehouses of 50 GB to 1 Terabyte (TB), with scalability from 1 to a maximum of 4 processing nodes.
• The WorldMark 5200 and 5250 series systems can support data warehouses from 250 GB to 100+ TB, and offers system expansion from 2 to 512 processing nodes.

The WorldMark 4800/5200 and 4850/5250 systems use industry standard rack mount architecture. It consists of individual subsystem chassis that are housed in standard rack frames. Subsystems are self-contained, and their configurations -- either internal or within a system -- are redundant. The design ensures overall system reliability, enhances its serviceability, and enables time and cost efficient upgrades.

About the WorldMark 5250 Subsystems

Following are the types of subsystems that can make up WorldMark 4800/5200 and 4850/5250 systems:

• Symmetrical multi-processing (SMP) nodes
• BYNET interconnect
• Uninterruptible power supplies (UPS) and UPS input selectors
• Server management
• Disk storage

NCR WorldMark 5250 Processing Node

SMP nodes are housed in processing racks, typically two Teradata nodes per rack. There is also a minimum single-node rack configuration housing one non-Teradata node, referred to as a non-TPA (trusted parallel applications) node.

NCR WorldMark 5250 BYNET

The nodes communicate with each other through the BYNET interconnect network. Depending on the overall system size, the BYNET network switch may be located in one of the processing racks in a system, or it may be housed in its own BYNET rack. In either case, the BYNET switch is always paired in the system for redundancy.

WorldMark 5250 Power

Multiple UPS chassis per rack support dual AC power sources. The redundant power sources feed into UPS input selectors (UIS), one on each UPS chassis.

The input selectors choose the power source and direct it to their respective UPS chassis. The UPS chassis then distribute the AC power to all other chassis within the rack. All subsystem chassis are designed with multiple power inlets.

NCR WorldMark 5250 Server Management and System Networking

Each rack contains a service subsystem that monitors and controls all the chassis in its rack. The service subsystem chassis is connected to each chassis within its rack through a Management Local Area Network (MLAN).

Service subsystems across multiple racks are connected over the System Local Area Network (SLAN). The SLAN interfaces all the racks with the Administration Workstation (AWS) for a single operational view of the complete system. The BYNET subsystems are also included in the SLAN for administration and control of the BYNET switching network. SLAN hubs are used in larger network environments to facilitate the rack-to-rack connections.

SMP nodes have a connection to the AWS over a Private Local Area Network (PvtLAN) for TCP/IP login capability. PvtLAN hub and switch hardware is used in the system racks to provide for consistent cabling protocol, from small to expansion systems.

WorldMark 5250 Disk Storage

In association with this system architecture, processing nodes are connected to disk storage devices in "cliques," where as many as four nodes share a disk array. The type of disk array determines how it is connected to the system platform. The NCR storage cabinet (NSC) and the WorldMark enterprise storage (WES) present disk arrays in a rack that includes a service subsystem chassis to link the disk cabinet to the platform. The NSC and the WES models link via an external MLAN to a controlling service subsystem in a processing rack. The 627x models are interfaced through SCSI connection software for minimal administrative functions.

In addition, a channel interface capability is available for node-to-mainframe connections.

NCR WorldMark 5250 Server Features & Benefits

Designed specifically for large-scale data warehousing:

• Optimum utilization of NCR Teradata architecture and proven BYNET^® technology in a decision support environment.
• Massively Parallel Processing (MPP) BYNET^® Interconnect enables true linear performance scalability
• Centralized and simplified administration via the specialized Server Management subsystem and Administration WorkStation (AWS)

NCR WorldMark 5250 Server- Best value for your investment:

• WorldMark 5250 systems expand incrementally as business demand increases
• Choice of operating systems: UNIX or Windows

NCR WorldMark 5250 Server Investment Protection:

• Expand on initial investment without replacing the system.
• Coexistence with NCR WorldMark 5200 systems and next generation NCR WorldMark MPP platforms

NCR WorldMark 5250 Processors:

• 4 - Intel® Pentium® III Xeon^TM 700 MHz processors per node
• 1MB cache per processor
• System Bus 800MB per second total bandwidth

NCR WorldMark 5250 Server Memory

• Up to 4GB of Error Checking and Correcting Memory per node
• Four-way memory interleaving std.

I/O -NCR WorldMark 5250 Server

• 11 PCI slots per node; 1 PCI/ISA
  • Five, 64-bit slots
  • Six, 32-bit slots
  • Quad Ultra SCSI channels at 40MB per second
  • Quad Ultra II SCSI channels at 80MB per second (use with WorldMark Enterprise Storage only)

NCR WorldMark 5250 Server: MPP Interconnect - BYNET V2

• Fault tolerant Interconnect via Dual Redundancy
• Linear scalability
• Self configuring, full diagnostic capability
• 120MB per second per node band-width on redundant networks

Internal Backup Devices for the NCR WorldMark 5250 Server

• 4 - 9GB hard drives standard
  5th - 9 or 18GB hard drive optional
• 8mm tape 7/14GB or 20/40 available

NCR WorldMark 5250 Server Connectivity

• Up to 7 LAN connections
• Supported connectivity via PCI: Ethernet 10/100/1000, ATM, FDDI, TTY, Token Ring
• Optional IBM Channel (Bus & Tag, ESCON) for NCR Teradata RDBMS

Administrative WorkStation (AWS)

• Single point of system administration and management for the entire MPP system with local or remote system monitoring
• Connected via Ethernet LAN to AWS console
• Multiple paths to processing nodes
• Enables management of external disk subsystems

NCR WorldMark 5250 Server External Data Storage

• NCR WorldMark Enterprise Storage
• NCR Storage Cabinet 6000 & Modular Arrays (LSI Logic Storage Systems, Inc.)
• NCR 6276/6278 (SYM 4.8) & 6290 (SYM 5) Disk Array Subsystems (EMC - UNIX Only)
• NCR 6400/6401/6402/6404 Robotic Tape Library

NCR WorldMark 5250 Server Cabinet Specifications

• Height: 195.6 cm (77 inches)
  
  
• Width: 62.6 cm (24.5 inches)
  
  
• Depth: 101.6 cm (40 inches)
  
  
• Weight: 1255 Lbs
  
  
• Operating Temperature: 10 degrees C to 40 degrees C (50 degrees F to 104 degrees F)
  
  
• Voltage Range: 208/220/230/240
  
  
• Frequency: 50-60Hz
  
  
• Current: 20 Amps
  
  
• Power: 2700 Watts
  
  
• Dual AC: Configurable
  
  
• Compliant with US and International Safety and Emissions Standards

Operating Environment of the NCR WorldMark 5250 Server

• NCR Teradata Database System for UNIX and Windows 2000^®
• NCR UNIX SVR4 MP-RAS operating system
• Microsoft Windows 2000® Advanced Server Edition

High Availability of the NCR WorldMark 5250 Server

• Internal uninterruptible power (via hot pluggable battery backup)
• Dual A/C (enables power from two different grids for maximum uptime)
• Hot Pluggable Components - fault resilient fan modules, redundant power supplies, fault tolerant interconnect

NCR WorldMark 5250 Server Support Services

• FREE Technical Services on all NCR products purchased from Vecmar
• Vecmar is one of the largest custom configuration houses in North America - you can count on the NCR expertise of our sales and support teams.

Enterprise System Support

• ESS Enhanced Support
• ESS Business Critical Support

Implementation Services (all optional) for the NCR WorldMark 5250 Server

• Staging Services
• Power Protection & Cabling Services
• Supplemental Installation Services

Network & Management Services

• Full suite available

NCR WorldMark 5250 Server Scalability

WorldMark Storage is part of a highly orchestrated system designed to maximize Teradata database operation and execute superior performance under the rigorous demands of active data warehousing.

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